A State Department official on Friday said that the Russian proposal to bar U.S. military aircraft from flying over designated safe zones cannot "limit" the U.S. mission against IS in the country in any way.

SDF official Hediya Yousef told the Observer: "Arriving at the Mediterranean Sea is in our project for northern Syria, it’s a legal right for us to reach the Mediterranean." Revealing the possibility that SDF forces might eventually push south/west to attempt to capture the city of Idlib or parts of Idlib as a map in the PYD office in Russia illustrates.

Clashes between Turkish-backed Free Police (with help of TFSA) and IS cells in al-Ra'i on the border with Turkey, north Aleppo countryside. 2 rebels killed by the IS cell, 2 IS fighters killed, 4 still on the run.